Meghan Patrice Riley, Interstitial, 2011, metal, 12 x 15 x 0.25 inches, Photo: Toky Photography Mari Ishikawa, Parallel World, 2011, silver, Japanese kozo paper, 3.5 x 3.3 x 1.75 inches, Photo: Dirk Eisel Daniel DiCaprio, Colony Necklace, 2011, ebony, silver, 12 x 8 x 2 inches, Photo: Taylor Dabney Elizabeth Raphael The show is documented […]
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Facere Gallery Susan Cummins: Karen, I know you have written a tell-all book called Building a Business, Building a Life: A Memoir and Workbook, but can you give me a condensed history of your background? How did you become interested in jewelry and what led you to start the gallery? Cover of Building a Business,
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Outside of Galerie Pont and Plas Susan Cummins: Can you describe your background as a jeweler? Gesine Hackenberg portrait Was there a particular teacher or artist that influenced you? I guess Iris Eichenberg, who was one of my teachers at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie, has influenced me most in my way of working and looking
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Kevin Coates,‘Labyrinthus Hic Habitat Minotaurus’, 2000, 20ct gold, picrolite, white gold. Stand: red stone, ebony All objects can tell stories to those prepared to listen; jewels, by their very nature, are perhaps able to relate the most personal. The story of the piece I have chosen from my own collection of jewelry is one of
Joyce Scott, Run Down On the Highway of Love, 1986, mixed media A Cautionary Tale I often tell clients who are hesitant about buying a piece of artwork that they should think about it for a while. If it haunts them, they should seriously consider purchasing it or someone else may scoop it up. From
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In late 2001, lower Manhattan was the site of intense physical, psychological and emotional activity. Many thousands of people were working to clean, to clear and to understand the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Scurrying through the streets – beneath notice – was Xu Bing, busily collecting the dust that coated the city. In
Marion Fulk I have asked Marion Fulk to contribute to the ongoing series of Collector’s Choice. She is a new member of the board at AJF and an impressive contemporary jewelry collector from Little Rock, Arkansas. My favorite piece of jewelry is the necklace I wore to my wedding in November 2009. The wedding was
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Collaborative Candleholders Susan Cummins: Can you tell me something about the history of your gallery and how you got interested in showing metalwork and jewelry? Rosemarie Jaeger: The gallery was founded in 1989 in a baroque listed building in Hochheim near Frankfurt. For the first decade ceramics and sculptures were the main themes of the
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The overwhelming success of Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty, an exhibition of the late fashion designer’s work at the Metropolitan Museum of Art this past summer, was a stark proclamation of the influence that fantastical body adornment has over the public imagination. In just over three months the MET saw over 650,000 visitors to the exhibition
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Sofia Bjorkman Marta Mattsson, Black Beetle, brooch, 2011, beetle, copper, cubic zirconia, 80 x 30 x 20 mm Susan Cummins: Can you give me some insight into your fascination with the repulsive? Marta Mattsson I have always been drawn to both biology and art and when I was growing up I had a personal battle,
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Six Months Wasted by Keith Lewis part 6 This is the beginning of a series I am calling Collector’s Choice. I asked each collector ‘What is your favorite piece of jewelry in your collection? And how do the qualities reflected in that piece describe something about your whole collection?’ One of the first to answer
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My favorite tool is without any doubt the ‘mouth-blowing torch’ or ‘blowpipe torch.’ I am always fascinated by our extraordinary capacity to turn stiff and solid metal into something fluid. It is somewhat reminiscent of the alchemical process. Sometimes when I solder, especially with the mouth-blowing torch, I feel that it is like a meditative
